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' THOMAS w. MOFARLAND, or CHICAGO, AND oLAnA L. FORD, on PALATINE,

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DISH-DRAINER.,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,230, dated February 28, 1882.

Application filed September 13, 1880 (No model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, THOMAS W. MGFAR- LAND,of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and CLARA L. FORD, of Palatine, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Dish-Drainer, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in dish-drainers in which the receptacle for the dishes is supported above the bottom of a pan or a surface receiving the drip-water, and provided with suitable openings for the escape of water from and the circulation of air between the dishes to be drained.

The objects of our invention are, first, to construct a dish-drainer entirely of wire and in such a manner that the larger and stronger dishes may be separated from the smaller and frailer ones to prevent chipping and breakage, and, second, to provide such a drainer with supporting-legs continuous with a wire strengthening-band surrounding the outer edge of the drainer. We attain'these objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a plan viewof our improved dishdrainer; Fig. 2, a vertical cross-section of the same; Fig. 8, a plan view of a modification of our dish-drainer; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 5 a perspective of the outer rim and support of the same. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A represents the outer shell, and B the inner shell, of our dish-drainer.

The outer shell, A, consists of a bottom ring,

a, and top ring, a, of wire of a sufficient thick-' ness to retain the shape given it-and to support a series of finer wires, a secured to said rings, said wires a? being crossed to form a suitable net-work extending between the rings a a and above the latter ring. Stretchedacross at a right angle to each other and secured to the bottom ring, a, is aseries of fine wires, a, forming the bottom net-work of our drainer.

Theinner shell, B, consists of bottom and top rings, VV, respectively, to which is secured in the same manner as to the rings a a.

a netting consisting of a series of crossed wires, 12 The shell'B is considerably'smaller than the shell A, an d is not provided with a bottom, but is secured by tie-wires or other suitable means to the bottom a of the shell A, so that an annular space of considerable diameter re- 5 5 mains between the inner face of the'outer shell and the outer face of the inner shell.

From the construction above described it will be seen that the annular space, by reason of the size of its circumference, admits of the reception of large and heavy dishes-such as meat-platters, plates, and vegetable-disheswhile the smaller and trailer articlessuch as cups and saucers or glassware-may at thesame time be placed in the shell B without risk of breakage by the crushing Weight of those first mentioned. Furthermore, our construction economizes room, and a drainer is made which is not only light and durable, but affords the best of means for the escape of dripwater and a free circulation of air through the draiuers and between the dishes to be drained.

The rim or shell A may be omitted,as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the smaller articles be placed 011 the ledge formed by the projecting edge of the wire bottom, without departing from the spirit of our invention. This construction is particularly desirable when it is intended to place the drainer in an ordinary dish-pan, in which case the rims of the pan serve as a guard to prevent the smaller dishes from slipping off their supporting-ledge, it being understood, however, that the facing-rims of the pan will support the drainer a sufficient height above the pan to removeit from contact with the dripwater. It is, however, desirable that some means should be provided for supporting the drainer above the drip-water when a larger pan than the drainer is used, or when the drainer is set in an ordinary sink, and to this end legs cl cl are formed by bending the bottom ring, a, as shown in Figs. 4. and 5, to support the drainer above the bottom of the drip-receptacle, as we consider this a convenient and inexpensive means for forming such legs or supports.

We have shown a drip-receiving pan particularly adapted for the drainer shown in Figs.

1 and 2; but this pan forms no part of our present invention, and is reserved for a future application.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the inner shell or receptacle and with or Without the outer shell, of a wire bottom provided with a surrounding ring, and connected with and extending outside the inner shell and forming a support for the dishes, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. lhe combination, with the inner shell and with the Wire bottom extending outside the same for supporting the dishes, of a ring surrounding said bottom and having supporting- [5 legs formed by bends in said ring, substantially as and for the purpose described.

THOMAS W. MOFARLAND. CLARA L. FORD.

Witnesses:

J NO. G. ELLIOTT, CHARLES H. Sorrow. 

